Pig Out (GC19VDR) Melb

I actually found this one a while ago but could not find where I had put my pictures for it! This one is in the suburb of Box Hill in Melbourne. It's a nice little place with quite a few little oriental restaurants nearby.















The coordinates take you to this little church and the clue is REALLY helpful and clever in helping find the cache. I must admit, this cache is probably one of the cleverest hides ive seen and one that really made me feel like a spy because it's very well placed.















I had a friend with me at the time and as usual, i let them find the cache so that they'd get bitten by the caching bug and be addicted! This is a great first cache for anyone because the clue is helpful but still cryptic enough to be a challenge.

Dread Mountain (GC10679) - Adel

This is another one close to my home and one that is actually close to my heart too. Despite the name of the cache, this monument actually is a monument to celebrate the Italian migrants of the community who used to run most of the Glynde corner. The monument is supposed to represent a part of the first ship which came over to Australia.















When I got to where the GPS took me, I began to get distracted and ended up looking around the monument at all the names. Eventually I got back on track and read the clue to help me know what I was looking for and whereabouts id find it. I wasn't sure if in this case the two were coincidental.















A very unique cache, haven't seen another like it. At first I looked past it because I thought it was part of the automatic sprinkler system! I signed the log and didn't take anything or leave anything. This was a cool little find, even if i was itching for a little while afterwards hehe

Batman's Hill (GC14YM) Melb

The little boy in me got really excited when I found the title of this one. I was kind of disappointed when I quickly figured out that it didn't mean Batman as in the, it mean John Batman pioneer of Melbourne. I was actually waiting for my bus back home when I decided to kill the time by finding this one.















While the name did disappoint me, the view was nice from the cache location and I did learn a bit about the history of the city of Melbourne. I actually saw the cache straight away and am surprised that it hasn't been muggled yet! I tried to hide it a bit better than the last person did and hopefully it did the trick.
















No actual cache shot for this one, just a bit of the scenery. This cache was kind of last minute and I was pretty tired at the time so my photography enthusiasm was not with me at the time

Cooking School (GCWZ04) Melb

This was another cache that had previously eluded me. The last time I was here I didn't have a lot of time to search for the cache and also there were a lot of muggles dues to renovations happening. I love caches like this where it is just a plain old building that you would normally just walk by.















As you can see, my camera wasn't acting at it's best here, but I think that adds to the dullness of the scene. Usually one would walk (quite quickly probably) past this scene and not think twice. The time I went was very muggle free and I was able to find the cache quite easily.















As you can see, the hydrant on the right is open and the handle to the door of it seems to be broken and hence I thought that the cache may be inside here as it would mean that it would be accessible. After searching it throughly, I decided it wasn't there and searched another place for it. I found it!















I had no swaps and so I just left my calling card and a note in the log and took nothing. I love finding caches which have tricked me in the past, makes me think that i'm improving!

BT VI – The Big Men Fly (GCN1EC) Melb

The MCG was hell to get too because you had to go all the way around it due to preparations for the Tennis in Rod Laver arena and the surrounding area. I actually was going to find another cache but didn't find that one and this was close by and I didn't want to waste my walk.















As you can see, the park where the cache is is quite serene and you get a nice view of the MCG and some of the cityscape. I actually could have found my way here quite easily had I gone on the right road and not tried to navigate my way through renovations.















I had a nice sit in the park while i filled in the log and had a bit of a look at what was in the cache. I couldn't resist the Thomas the Tank Engine travel bug and so I took it and left a new pen due to the one in there seeming to be a bit low. Liked this cache, made the walk seem worth it

The Mint (GC14P9P) Melb

This cache had eluded me once before and so this time, it was personal! Last time when I went, I actually went into the grounds of the Mint and was poking around there as ninja like as I could but most probably arose much suspicion, especially to the muggles whose cars were in the car park.















To be honest, I was in fact on my way to search the exact same car park when I realized that the GPS coordinates were in fact right on the wall and it never occurred to me last time that there are two sides to a wall :-p















Being on the right side of the wall, I found the cache which was very cleverly camouflaged. However, in searching for the cache I found a small space where I though the cache may have been, which it wasn't and there was a used syringe in there. Now, I generally cache with a glove, but even this was not enough, so to fellow cachers, please be careful when caching, I always have a stick with me to poke holes first to make sure there is nothing dangerous and I always check it out thoroughly with a torch.

I say, if it feels unsafe, don't do it. I know i've only found about 20 odd caches, but of all of those, i've never found one in a place that felt dodgy and never found one in a place riddled with spider webs.

Quasimodo's Dream V2.0 (GCHHHF) Melb

It wasn't until bout 200m from the cache that I realized that I had in fact been to this place before earlier last year. I went at about 12:30ish and so the bells were actually ringing. You should definitely go during the times recommended on the description otherwise there will be no bells which isn't tragic but the bells add to the experience I think.















There is a really nice view of the river and of the city from where the GPS takes you and there are lots of runners and walkers which you will cross on your way to the cache. I was expecting some dark cathedral when I first looked at the name of the cache, but I was pleasantly surprised.















I almost gave up on looking for this one after doing a thorough search of the area, including sneaking around under the stairwell (getting very dirty). I remembered though that this was a 3 difficulty rating and that I may need to look a bit harder. I did and found the cache!















I was tempted to take the puppy coin but I had no swaps on me and also the aim is to get to New Zealand and I have no plans to visit there any time soon and so just wrote in the log, left a calling card and put the cache back.

Stepping Stones (GC1CTQ6) Halls Gap

After finding the Elephant's Hide cache, I was glad that the team wanted to look for more. I searched using my phone to see where there was a nearby cache and found one in this little area across from the main section of the town.















There were loads of muggles around, either accross the street at the shops or sitting in nearby parks. Luckily we had a few of us so as to distract muggles while a few looked. Once again, I refrained from searching for the cache to give one of the crew a taste for caching.















The cache was found pretty easily and I'm actually surprised it hasn't been mistaken for litter. We tried to hide and camoflage it a bit better so that it didn't get muggled.

Elephant Hide GCXW7P (Halls Gap)

This was the first find on my trip to visit the amazing Grampians during my stay in Halls Gap for New Years. It's a very quiet little town so I was impressed at the number of caches on offer. The town is perfect for a quiet (or rowdy) camping trip with friends.




















That photo wasn't actually where the GPS will lead you but it's a great photo of the Grampians nonetheless. I was with a group of people on a walk leading up to the cache and mentioned caching too them and while they were reluctant at first, I think they all enjoyed the hunt and were asking if there were any more caches after we had found this one.















This bridge is pretty much where the coordinates bring you and you can see my little geo-helpers on the right of the picture. One of the crew actually found it and I think as we can all relate; the first cache find makes you want more and more! She was quite excited to find it. To be honest, I didn't do much looking because I wanted one of the crew to find the cache to get them hooked.















We took a stone and left a peg. I signed the log and left my calling card and the group did a signing together. It was my first group caching experience and it was heaps of fun.